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* Founded [[Legend Entertainment]] with Mike Verdu. | * Founded [[Legend Entertainment]] with Mike Verdu. | ||
* "[http://www.scottkim.com/thinkinggames/GDC00/bates.html Designing the Puzzle]." Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, April 1997. | |||
* Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling. | * Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling. | ||
* ''Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games.'' Roseville, California, Prima Publishing, 2001. | * ''Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games.'' Roseville, California, Prima Publishing, 2001. | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 5 July 2005
Bob Bates was one of Infocom's later game designers. After Infocom was shut down by Activision he, Mike Verdu and several other Infocommies formed Legend Entertainment, which specialized in text-adventure games for several years.
Author Credits
- Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (publisher: Infocom; 1988; Z-code).
- Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (publisher: Infocom; 1989; Z-code)
- TimeQuest (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1991).
- Eric the Unready (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1993).
Other Credits
- Founded Legend Entertainment with Mike Verdu.
- "Designing the Puzzle." Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, April 1997.
- Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling.
- Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games. Roseville, California, Prima Publishing, 2001.